Spinning Wool

This one day intensive course will be taught by our resident 'hedge witch' Jo Ballard who also works for The Eden Project and is an experienced spinner and course leader. She will inspire you to discover this ancient art and help you to create beautiful wool for you to keep.

The course will cover:

• basic sheep husbandry and meeting our flock of Jacobs sheep
• sorting the wool
• carding
• spinning using a drop spindle and a wheel
• two plying and niddy nodding

There will be the opportunity to learn about felting and spinning with other materials such as cotton, flax and silk.

The course aims to get you in touch with the spiritual nature of earth based crafts and the essence of where our clothes come from and the animals and plants providing the raw materials.

Dates are available throughout the autumn and winter; for further details or to arrange a date please contact us